# Seattle repeals 1993 law requiring the use of bicycle helmets because police use it to harrass minorities

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**Created:** [February 22, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-repeals-1993-law-requiring-the-use-of-bicycle-helmets-because-police-use-it-to-harrass-minorities/959965 "2022-02-22T19:01:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-repeals-1993-law-requiring-the-use-of-bicycle-helmets-because-police-use-it-to-harrass-minorities/959965/81 "2022-02-26T17:50:41Z")

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> [@LivingGhost371](#):
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> Every time one of these “but we can’t have law because minorities are disproportionately targeted” scenarios, I never see, including here, how many minorities are breaking the law as opposed to non-minorities. I think it’s because the truth doesn’t matter to people’s agendas.

If you think that minorities really do break the law that much more than whites, then it’s your responsibility to provide evidence for that, rather than just assuming that it must be true and everyone else doesn’t care about truth.

Those of us who do care about truth, however, have investigated this, and have found, for instance, that racial disparities in law enforcement disappear under circumstances where the police can’t tell the offender’s race.

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